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September 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Wolpe, Non-resident Senior Fellow, United States Study Centre, University of Sydney As former Labor minister Barry Jones has wisely noted, the Voice referendum feels like 2016 all over again. The shock from the Brexit vote in the United Kingdom in June of that year set the ... <a title="Why the Voice could be a bulwark against Trumpism gaining a stronger foothold in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/27/why-the-voice-could-be-a-bulwark-against-trumpism-gaining-a-stronger-foothold-in-australia-213856/" aria-label="Read more about Why the Voice could be a bulwark against Trumpism gaining a stronger foothold in Australia">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shidan Tosif, Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, The University of Melbourne While COVID in children has generally been milder than in adults, there are concerns long COVID may be a major consequence for children and young people arising from the pandemic. Long COVID, also known as “post-COVID condition” ... <a title="What do we know about long COVID in kids? And what do I do if I think my child has it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/27/what-do-we-know-about-long-covid-in-kids-and-what-do-i-do-if-i-think-my-child-has-it-205027/" aria-label="Read more about What do we know about long COVID in kids? And what do I do if I think my child has it?">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Olaf Meynecke, Research Fellow in Marine Science, Griffith University WA Western Whale Watch Australia, CC BY-NC-ND If you’re a whale, there’s often not too much to see out in deeper water. Perhaps that’s why so many whales get playful with kelp and other seaweed. Once might have ... <a title="Playful whales can use seaweed as a hat – or exfoliant. This “kelping” behaviour is more common than we realised" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/27/playful-whales-can-use-seaweed-as-a-hat-or-exfoliant-this-kelping-behaviour-is-more-common-than-we-realised-214269/" aria-label="Read more about Playful whales can use seaweed as a hat – or exfoliant. This “kelping” behaviour is more common than we realised">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Priya Kurian, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, University of Waikato The Green Party has run a strong campaign. With a 14.2% share in the latest Newshub-Reid Research poll, up by 1.9 percentage points since the previous poll, that is more than half the Labour Party’s ... <a title="NZ’s Green Party is ‘filling the void on the left’ as voters grow frustrated with Labour’s centrist shift" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/27/nzs-green-party-is-filling-the-void-on-the-left-as-voters-grow-frustrated-with-labours-centrist-shift-213061/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Green Party is ‘filling the void on the left’ as voters grow frustrated with Labour’s centrist shift">Read more</a>
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September 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Strangio, Professor of Politics, Monash University Daniel Andrews, who has announced he will step down after nearly nine years as premier, leaves office as a titan of Victorian politics. An activist premier, a gifted political communicator and a hard man of politics, he has been an ... <a title="Dan Andrews leaves office as a titan of Victorian politics – who drove conservatives to distraction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/26/dan-andrews-leaves-office-as-a-titan-of-victorian-politics-who-drove-conservatives-to-distraction-214373/" aria-label="Read more about Dan Andrews leaves office as a titan of Victorian politics – who drove conservatives to distraction">Read more</a>
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September 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the federal government’s employment white paper is “ambitious”. I’m not convinced. A clearly ambitious statement would have specified a target for unemployment, ideally one that was a bit of a ... <a title="The Albanese government blew its shot at setting a historic new unemployment target" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/26/the-albanese-government-blew-its-shot-at-setting-a-historic-new-unemployment-target-214357/" aria-label="Read more about The Albanese government blew its shot at setting a historic new unemployment target">Read more</a>
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September 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Dan Andrews has announced he is quitting, after nine years as premier and three election wins. Andrews’ surprise announcement came early Tuesday afternoon. He said his resignation would take effect at 5pm Wednesday. He told a news conference it was ... <a title="Dan Andrews quits after nine years as premier of Victoria" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/26/dan-andrews-quits-after-nine-years-as-premier-of-victoria-214372/" aria-label="Read more about Dan Andrews quits after nine years as premier of Victoria">Read more</a>
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September 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pi-Shen Seet, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Edith Cowan University Antoni Shkraba/Pexels As part of the new employment white paper, the federal government has announced it is thinking seriously about a national skills passport. It has set aside A$9.1 million to prepare a business case for the ... <a title="Is it time for Australia to introduce a national skills passport?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/26/is-it-time-for-australia-to-introduce-a-national-skills-passport-214267/" aria-label="Read more about Is it time for Australia to introduce a national skills passport?">Read more</a>
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September 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christiane Gerblinger, Visiting Fellow, Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University Shutterstock Australia’s public service is no stranger to reform. In the past nine years, it has undergone three significant reviews of its policy advising capabilities, all of which broadly agreed that ... <a title="The many reviews of the public service miss one vital problem – the language used to communicate ideas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/26/the-many-reviews-of-the-public-service-miss-one-vital-problem-the-language-used-to-communicate-ideas-213654/" aria-label="Read more about The many reviews of the public service miss one vital problem – the language used to communicate ideas">Read more</a>
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September 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Conor, ARC Future Fellow, La Trobe University Child coal miners, Pennsylvania, 1911 Lewis Wickes Hines/Wikimedia Commons In 2022, the burning of fossil fuels provided 82% of the world’s energy. In 2000, it was 87%. Even as renewables have undergone tremendous growth, they’ve been offset by increased ... <a title="Muscle, wood, coal, oil: what earlier energy transitions tell us about renewables" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/26/muscle-wood-coal-oil-what-earlier-energy-transitions-tell-us-about-renewables-213550/" aria-label="Read more about Muscle, wood, coal, oil: what earlier energy transitions tell us about renewables">Read more</a>
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September 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Fulcher, Senior Lecturer, School of Physics, University of Sydney Shutterstock Complexity is all around us, from the daily fluctuations of financial markets to the intricate web of neurons in our brains. Understanding how the different components of these systems interact with each other is a fundamental ... <a title="From stock markets to brain scans, new research harmonises hundreds of scientific methods to understand complex systems" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/26/from-stock-markets-to-brain-scans-new-research-harmonises-hundreds-of-scientific-methods-to-understand-complex-systems-214261/" aria-label="Read more about From stock markets to brain scans, new research harmonises hundreds of scientific methods to understand complex systems">Read more</a>
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September 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melinda Jackson, Associate Professor at Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University Shutterstock You’re lying in bed, trying to fall asleep but the racing thoughts won’t stop. Instead, your brain is busy making detailed plans for the next day, replaying embarrassing ... <a title="What do people think about when they go to sleep?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/26/what-do-people-think-about-when-they-go-to-sleep-207406/" aria-label="Read more about What do people think about when they go to sleep?">Read more</a>
